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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence; to provide for definitions; to provide for processes to request exceptions or appeal adverse determinations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 85"
+citation: "Georgia HB 85 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Lee Hawkins", "Sharon Cooper", "Spencer Frye", "Tremaine Reese"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-26"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faba95cc-0dda-4186-9342-8c471b7e5dbd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f9c81e8ce74826ef054e01e526e3299606bbfa591a9e47acc6b6ffc9f7a17dba"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 85 (2023_24) — Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence; to provide for definitions; to provide for processes to request exceptions or appeal adverse determinations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 85/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217855.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 9214/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212855.pdf)
+3. **LC 52 0247S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214766.pdf)
+4. **LC 52 0247S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214171.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #39 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–2** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #225 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
+- Tremaine Reese — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-26** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-02** Act 232 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faba95cc-0dda-4186-9342-8c471b7e5dbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+